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survive
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??v??v/
- (US) IPA(key): /s??va?v/
- Rhymes: -a?v
Verb
survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
- His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I:
- And for that dowrie, Ile a??ure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ?he ?uruiue me / In all my Lands and Lea?es what?oeuer / Let ?pecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:
- ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
- (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
- He did not survive the accident.
- (transitive) To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault.
- (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
Synonyms
- overlive
- (live longer than): outlive
Antonyms
- (live longer than): predecease
Hyponyms
- (live longer than): postdecease
Translations
Further reading
- survive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- survive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- viveurs
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.viv/
- Homophones: survives, survivent
Verb
survive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of survivre
- third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre
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surviving
English
Verb
surviving
- present participle of survive
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